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one more day before all of us -- most of us flee the coop for the holidays. >> today is my day to hopefully finish my shopping. i've got like three more gifts to get for -- i'm not going to say for who. three more. >> bill: man i'm done. >> i'm not done at all. i've got an hour and a half worth of work tonight. >> bill: oh, really? gotta get out there. >> i'll be there. >> bill: do you know where the apple store is by the way? >> i do. >> bill: it is not that far away. >> i've got one in bethesda. in walking distance from my apartment. >> bill: is it really? >> oh, yeah. >> bill: here's something you might consider. if you -- you know, looking for like a good read, i told you a good read that i took with me when i went to istanbul a couple of weeks ago. i took a read -- not a good read. but everybody was talking about it so i just wanted to find out what the hell it was all about. i read "fifty shades of gray." it is nothing but porn. it is not even good porn. certainly not good fiction but if i had known, i would not have taken the book. i would have taken the audiotape of george takei rea
one more day before all of us -- most of us flee the coop for the holidays. >> today is my day to hopefully finish my shopping. i've got like three more gifts to get for -- i'm not going to say for who. three more. >> bill: man i'm done. >> i'm not done at all. i've got an hour and a half worth of work tonight. >> bill: oh, really? gotta get out there. >> i'll be there. >> bill: do you know where the apple store is by the way? >> i do. >> bill: it...
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and move us to act. you know this weekend, we have been consumed with grief. we have been consumed with sorrow. we have been consumed with anger, too anger at ourselves, and i've got to tell you i have been particularly consumed, maybe some of you, too, with a little guilt because i feel as the president indicated last night, i feel that i haven't done enough, that i haven't said enough, that i haven't pushed enough. i mean it's so -- there is sort of a rule in talk radio, you know, that there are certain issues you just don't talk about because everybody knows where up stand on those issues and it just doesn't do any good to talk about them on talk radio because you hear all of the samacts, all of the time. abortion is one of them and so is gun control. people avoid talking about gun chrome and i find that with so many of these tragedies, i have avoided t everybody knows, i think, where i stand on it but i have avoided talking about it because what good is it going to do because it's wrong. i was wrong
and move us to act. you know this weekend, we have been consumed with grief. we have been consumed with sorrow. we have been consumed with anger, too anger at ourselves, and i've got to tell you i have been particularly consumed, maybe some of you, too, with a little guilt because i feel as the president indicated last night, i feel that i haven't done enough, that i haven't said enough, that i haven't pushed enough. i mean it's so -- there is sort of a rule in talk radio, you know, that there...
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and listen to us on the way as you are getting ready and watch us here. you can do that on current tv of course. you can listen to us on your local progressive talk radio station and on sirius xm this hour only. maybe that will change one of these days when they come to their senses. it's good to have you with us today. there is a lot of news to talk about. vice president biden having his first meeting of the tax force on -- task force on guns meeting with law enforcement officials and meeting with members of the president's cabinet. and last night, a bombshell on capitol hill when john boehner couldn't get enough republican votes to even have a vote on his so-called plan b, a col lossal embarrassment for john boehner. we have all of that to talk about. so that's why we have assembled our team this morning and a good group of guests, too we will tell you about. peter ogburn off with his family celebrating their holiday. dan henning. we have henning for you. >> dan: we do. i am looking at this coun countdown clock here >> bill: the official clock is what?
and listen to us on the way as you are getting ready and watch us here. you can do that on current tv of course. you can listen to us on your local progressive talk radio station and on sirius xm this hour only. maybe that will change one of these days when they come to their senses. it's good to have you with us today. there is a lot of news to talk about. vice president biden having his first meeting of the tax force on -- task force on guns meeting with law enforcement officials and meeting...
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you can twit -- join us on twitter or tweet us @bpshow and follow us on facebook.com. and you can join the chat room and talk about the issues with your fellow "full-court press"ers across the land by going and click on the chat room and you are in. we have assembled the entire press team for this week team press to give you a chance to fully participate in the show. we say hello to peter ogburn and dan henning. >> hi. >> we have assembled, like a weird version of the avengers. >> what is it? >> the zebra in there on the 1s and 2s. >> this is my us open shirt from the golf tournament >> bill: it looks like a referee shirt like from a basketball game or something like you should be on the sidelines calling plays or something like that. >> i am here to keep you in line. >> i don't know. >> bill backus has the phones and cyprian has the t.v. cameras going. good morning, cyprian. peter, let's get it out. >> reporter: thank you >> bill: let's do it. get out of the way. here it is. here it is, the final call alabama-georgia. >> 10 seconds, 9, 8 from the game f out corner dow
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giving us a call at 866, 55-press. until one day, one day, right to work, destroying labor unions. labor unions have vowed to fight back. the republican war on labor unions goes on and on in the state of michigan, from wisconsin to ohio and now to michigan we've got to fight back and we will. plus all of the news of the day. but first, we get the latest. start off with today's current news update from lease a ferguson standing buy out in los angeles. hi, lease a. good morning. >> hey, bill. good morning, everyone. as bill mentioned, president obama is taking his fiscal cliff campaign back on the road again today. he is headed today redford, michigan where he will tour a diesel plant and speak to middle class workers. he will push his plan to raise encloses above 250 -- to raise taxes above $250,000 a year. president obama met with house speaker boehner for the first time in more than three weeks. the house is still refuseing to pass obama's tax plan much less agree to other policies. josh earnest is not giving any deta
giving us a call at 866, 55-press. until one day, one day, right to work, destroying labor unions. labor unions have vowed to fight back. the republican war on labor unions goes on and on in the state of michigan, from wisconsin to ohio and now to michigan we've got to fight back and we will. plus all of the news of the day. but first, we get the latest. start off with today's current news update from lease a ferguson standing buy out in los angeles. hi, lease a. good morning. >> hey,...
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good to have you with us today. give us a call at 866-55-press. how about this? fox news and the nra are demanding bob costas's resignation because they say he spoke out too soon about gun control room after the murder-suicide of kansas city chief jovan belcher. according to the nra when is the best time to talk about gun control? never! yeah, you can never satisfy those guys. good morning, everybody. we will bring you up to date on all of the news of the day. today's current news update from lease a ferguson out in los angeles. hi, lease a. good morning. >> hey, bill. good morning. it is a chilly dark foggy morning here in los angeles but i am glad you got some of our nice weather. president obama is speaking to a couple of groups, today, the 2012 tribal nations conference of the department of the interior. first off, he will answer questions from members of the business round table, amid a debate over the fiscal cliff. the group is urging congress to take immediate action to avoid those automatic tax increases and spending cuts come january. president obama is
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good to have you with us. we are ready to take your calls at 866-55-press. >> that's our toll-free number. join us on facebook at facebook.com. i'm sorry facebook.com/bill press show and on twitter at bp show. good to see you this morning. peter ogburn has the day off. but we have another man by the same name. a good friend of the program, congressman from vermont, peter welch? >> likewise. good to be here, bill >> bill: not a lot going on but a lot to talk. >> ain'ted nothing going on. we are just watching, you know, like watching paint dry but there is a lot going on between the speaker and the president. >> we will see whether all of it is good or not. our team peter ogburn has the week off with his family. dan henning is in charge this morning. >> dan: if i could do my producerly duties and ask the congressman to step a little closer to the mic phone. beautiful >> bill: cyplian boulding with the camera work this morning. wanted today point out on facebook and twitter by the way, weact radio, our local prog
good to have you with us. we are ready to take your calls at 866-55-press. >> that's our toll-free number. join us on facebook at facebook.com. i'm sorry facebook.com/bill press show and on twitter at bp show. good to see you this morning. peter ogburn has the day off. but we have another man by the same name. a good friend of the program, congressman from vermont, peter welch? >> likewise. good to be here, bill >> bill: not a lot going on but a lot to talk. >> ain'ted...
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give us a call at 1-866-55-press. that's our toll free number or you can follow us on twitter. i would love to hear from you at bpshow. on facebook, facebook.com/billpressshow. and we've got this big chat room national chat room going on every morning if you go to current tv and click on the chat room you're in with your fellow "full court pressers" across the land. you guys can debate the issues online while we're talking about them on air. the wonderful world of talk radio and talk radio news, we are all part of a big family. part of a big network. and one of our colleagues joins us in studio this morning. she's actually the bureau chief for talk radio news. i see her at the white house as well. ellen ratner. >> thank you. good to be here. >> bill: ellen is also a head of a project of her own. she does wonderful work around the world. goats for the old goat. you're the old goat? >> i started it for my 60th birthday. that was a year and a half ago. >> bill: i wasn't going to ask you. >> born in 1951. >> bill: proud of it. >> i'm proud of it. >> bill: we'll find out what goats
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>> saddam hussein used them. his father is rumored to have used them as well. >> family tradition. >> family tradition you're right. this is deadly stuff. i mean it is not like he needs chemical weapons to kill hundreds of people. he's been doing that. 40,000 killed over 20 months of this war. a couple of million displaced. 200,000 refugees. chemical weapons have that terror element. you drop this on a city. disperses a cloud. and it causes a panic unlike any other weapon. >> you mention a brokered piece that maybe assad would step down and leave. is that really a possibility? is there a chance if russia came in, he would step down? or is he going to battle until the last? >> up until this morning i thought assad was going to battle until the last, go down like gadhafi. he's got nowhere to go. this is his territory. his family has ruled the country for 42 years. he won't give it up. always the hope that something will happen. but you know russia could be the missing element here. if they're willing to come in and
>> saddam hussein used them. his father is rumored to have used them as well. >> family tradition. >> family tradition you're right. this is deadly stuff. i mean it is not like he needs chemical weapons to kill hundreds of people. he's been doing that. 40,000 killed over 20 months of this war. a couple of million displaced. 200,000 refugees. chemical weapons have that terror element. you drop this on a city. disperses a cloud. and it causes a panic unlike any other weapon....
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give us a call at 1-866-55-press talk to us on twitter at bpshow and follow us on facebook, facebook.com/billpressshow to help us through the events of the day. someone who writes about them every day several times a day for "daily beast," michael tomasky, columnist for the "daily beast" joining us in studio. you write for so many publications. you also do some stuff for new york review, books? >> yeah. those are my main two things. >> bill: then you have democracy. >> democracy. journal of ideas. i'm the editor of it. i write for it once a year or something like that. very nice of you to mention democracy, i would like to see people check out democracyjournal. >> bill: there it is. michael tomasky. nice of you to take time for us. our regular team here on deck as always. peter ogborn and dan henning. >> happy tuesday. >> bill: good morning, good morning. phil backert's got the phones cover and cyprian bowlding, of course, has the cameras covered. cyprian -- >> still very excited this morning. >> bill: very excited this morning about the redskins. knocking off the giants last night. just
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stay with us. you're about to watch an ad message created by a current tv viewer for capella university. matter. education is the key. it is the vehicle. it's the way in which we evolve. every journey is different every possibility is unique. but the beginning, the beginning is my craft. i'm an ordinary person striving to achieve extraordinary things. it started with a dream and i'm on my way there. >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation on your radio and on current tv, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: yes indeed. congress getting ready to go home again today without accomplishing anything. what fiscal cliff? they don't seem to be worried about it. good morning everybody. it is thursday, december 13. good to see you today here on the "full court press" coming to you live on your local progressive talk radio station. if you're lucky enough to have one and on current tv. booming out to you live all the way across this great land of ours from our radio factory book factory tv factory here
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. >> did she tweet us? >> she didn't tweet us but she has spoken about. susan rice's decision was sad and highlights the disfunction of washington, d.c. can't really argue with that. patricia says the saddest thing about the susan rice is it is a mccain, snow, ayotte and graham creation. >> i hate to see the badgood guys lose and the bad guys win. before we talk about justice scalia, what this means most likely is john kerry is the next secretary of state. wouldn't you agree? >> i think so. he is the odds-on favorite. >> bill: for president obama not to appoint him now would be awful -- >> he had some setbacks in his career but that would be a tough one to swallow. one person who was definitely benefited from all of this is that every time these senators wanted to say how unacceptable susan rice was but we would confirm john kerry in an instant. they are on the record and he should sail on through. >> that may bem resolve one problem for president obama and then the secretary much defense, to talk about chuck hagle or this woman. peter? >> i forgot her na
. >> did she tweet us? >> she didn't tweet us but she has spoken about. susan rice's decision was sad and highlights the disfunction of washington, d.c. can't really argue with that. patricia says the saddest thing about the susan rice is it is a mccain, snow, ayotte and graham creation. >> i hate to see the badgood guys lose and the bad guys win. before we talk about justice scalia, what this means most likely is john kerry is the next secretary of state. wouldn't you agree?...
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follow us on twitter. join us on twitter. more and more people do. at the whitehouse, so many of the reporters were saying how much they love following us on twitter. you should, too, at bp show @bp show @bpshow and facebook/billpressshow. team press here for the fifth day in a row all together. this is a new record action i think. here we are five days. nobody took a day off. peter ogburn and dan henning. >> happy friday. >> and cyprian bowlding wearing god knows what hat this morning. our videographer in chief. >> the washington fuel team he is representing with his hat. >> redskins hat. >> they changed their uniforms. no. it's a weird sort of -- >> did they change their name? >> not yet. >> they should change their name. >> not yet. they are playing the baltimore ravens. big game. goad up the shoreway at baltimore. >> fedex field. >> which is halfway. >> by any stretch of the imagination, fedex field is not in washington. >> no. no. no. >> it's maryland. >> they should have played right here at rfk stadium if you ask me. >> baltimore ravens begins
follow us on twitter. join us on twitter. more and more people do. at the whitehouse, so many of the reporters were saying how much they love following us on twitter. you should, too, at bp show @bp show @bpshow and facebook/billpressshow. team press here for the fifth day in a row all together. this is a new record action i think. here we are five days. nobody took a day off. peter ogburn and dan henning. >> happy friday. >> and cyprian bowlding wearing god knows what hat this...